Excerpt from An Historical Review of the Royal Marine Corps, From Its Original Institution Down to the Present Era, 1803Never was military prowess more loudly called for, than at the present crisis - Ardour should be raised in every rank. 'it. Is a plant, which, by fostering attention ¿ourishes and grows, but if neglected, soon droops and dies. Courage is the natural birth-aright of an Englishman, and it needs only a directing hand, under Providence, to give it an invincible aim.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.